The programme is the fi rst Polish programme of interdisciplinary agency cooperation aimed at preventing the abuse of young children under 6 years old and promoting positive parenting. Described as the ‘Local System for Prevention of Young Child Abuse’ (LSP), it operates on 4 levels that range from provision of information on parenting to intervention in cases of child abuse. It adopts an approach of ‘progressive universalism’ to screen families for ‘risk’ factors and offer them support. ‘Piloted’ in 2007 in selected areas of Warsaw, it is now being extended across the capital and into rural areas.